Luobuo is turnip in Chinese BTW, so Chinese call big calves “turnip legs.” It isn’t a sign of approval BTW. 🙂
Calves are the kind of thing you can’t hide in summer and the summers here are long and hot. A lot of guys look like they don’t work out at all because they have tiny little calves. So in the interest of helping guys out, here’s a little workout that you can add to what you’re doing to help your calves grow.
Stand on the stairs with your heels both hanging off the step. Push your heels down as far as you can and stretch the calves as much as possible. Then come up on your toes and squeeze your calves as hard as you can at the top. Repeat for 100 times in as few sets as possible. Make sure you get 100. As you get better, do fewer sets. Do NOT bounce through these – squeeze and stretch the calves as much as possible. Calves respond to high volume so do this up to 3x a week.
The number one reason guys have small calves is the lack of serious, heavy leg training like barbell squats and deadlifts. You won’t get big calves just isolating the calves but by adding this short routine to already serious leg work, you can bring up this often lagging body part. Let us know if you try this out.